DUBAWA In-depth
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How popular X accounts spread false narratives about Nigeria’s Igbo tribe
On July 26, 2024, an X account @NoNonsensezone uploaded a video showing President Bola Tinubu in a meeting with the…
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DUBAWA wins Michael Elliot Award second consecutive year
Silas Jonathan, the digital investigations manager for the Digital Technology, Artificial Intelligence, and Information Disorder Analysis Centre (DAIDAC), has won…
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Living with toxins and reptiles from ‘garbage city,’ the story of Whein Town
What started as a temporary emergency dumpsite in 2007 to cater for Monrovia’s solid waste has become a permanent horrific…
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Our top investigations in 2024
In 2024, DUBAWA, West Africa’s foremost fact-checking organisation, has lived up to expectations despite the surge in dis/misinformation on various…
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INVESTIGATION: Despite ban in several countries, ‘harmful’ weight gain product, Apetamin, sold indiscriminately in Nigeria
Despite its ban in several countries, Apetamin syrup – an appetite stimulant used for treating allergies as well as weight…
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Sowing discord: Coordinated X accounts driving pro-Russian propaganda and anti-democratic narratives in Nigeria
It is a busy morning, with the hum of motorbikes filling the air, but the rhythm of daily life suddenly…
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Despite UNICEF’s endorsement as Nigeria’s only open defecation-free state, Jigawa struggles with human faeces
Note: This story contains distressing images. Viewer discretion is advised. Wakili Abdu, 63, returned from his farm at sunset in…
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How Telegram, TikTok aided Russian disinformation that led to incarceration of Nigerian minors
Umar works as an assistant in a provision store in Kano, Nigeria, where shelves brim with items kissed by the…
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Maiduguri flood: Residents pay heavy price for heeding Borno govt’s misleading assurance
Water residues on the road splatter on the tricycle’s tyres, conveying this reporter to Lagos Street to connect to the…
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Ireti Kingibe’s claims on first-year constituency projects in FCT had more flaws than facts
Ireti Kingibe, the senator from the Labour Party representing the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), marked her first year in office…
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